Election candidates in India woo voters with unusual campaigns

TRICHY, TAMIL NADU: Weeks before India heads into a two-month-long election with nearly a billion voters, independent candidates in India’s state of Tamil Nadu were seen carrying out unique election campaigns to secure support.

Andimuthu Raja from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Political Party was seen preparing snacks before handing them out to local residents. One candidate helped farmers in a paddy field while another took the time to give a local man a shave.

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Tamil Nadu, one of the most populous states in southern India, goes to polls in the first phase of the elections starting April 19.

An opinion poll last week predicted an easy win for a Modi-backed coalition. Opposition politician Rahul Gandhi of the Indian National Congress said at the Friday (April 5) release of his party’s manifesto that the election is ‘much closer than being propagated’.

TRICHY, TAMIL NADU: Weeks before India heads into a two-month-long election with nearly a billion voters, independent candidates in India’s state of Tamil Nadu were seen carrying out unique election campaigns to secure support.

Andimuthu Raja from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Political Party was seen preparing snacks before handing them out to local residents. One candidate helped farmers in a paddy field while another took the time to give a local man a shave.

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Tamil Nadu, one of the most populous states in southern India, goes to polls in the first phase of the elections starting April 19.

An opinion poll last week predicted an easy win for a Modi-backed coalition. Opposition politician Rahul Gandhi of the Indian National Congress said at the Friday (April 5) release of his party’s manifesto that the election is ‘much closer than being propagated’.